Etymology of the English word overcurrent
the English word
overcurrentderived from the English word
currentderived from the Old French word
corantderived from the Old French word
courrederived from the Medieval Latin word
currere (run, trot, gallop)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kers-using the English prefix
over-derived from the English word
overderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*uberiderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*uperUsage
Word found in Modern English